Gifts of Autumn

Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Happy autumn to you and yours.

xox

It only comes but once a year:)

Yesterday was my birthday. Thirty-one-derful, as Matt says. 

I'll take it;).

Friday night my parents sent us out to a nice dinner sans the little guy (he got to hang with grandma for the night). We enjoyed some good fondue....mmmmmm:)

Yesterday, Matt and Ben surprised me with a pumpkin-picking excursion, cider donuts, steaks on the grill for dinner and red wine:). 

Some photos from the lovely pumpkin patch.....

Perfect birthday, perfect start to autumn:).

Happy Fall

xoxo

September

Happy September

Also known as 'the best month of the year'. 

Not just because of back to school glee and the smell of sharpened pencils (even when you don't go to or have a little in school)...

Not just because of warm days and cool nights (requiring sweet, cozy sweaters:))....

Not just because of the crisp air and bold colors that Mother Nature blows our way...

Not just because hydrangea blooms turn into magnificent large purple, speckled eggs....

Not just because of pumpkin-scented, pumpkin-colored, or pumpkin-anything....

Not just because we pull the soft slippers out of the closet and dust them off to prepare for two seasons of use...

Not just because of our (now) annual tradition of a week on the beach at Cape Cod...

Certainly not just because it's my birthday month...

But because of it all

and more.

Wishing you a very happy and healthy September 2011.

xoxo
B.

Today's Sweet Pleasures

Cucumber and tomato salad, with vegetables pulled fresh from our garden

The smell of apple crisp wafting from the oven

A cool breeze coming in through open windows

An afternoon nap with hubby & Luna

A pumpkin-scented candle
Laundry hanging out to dry on the clothes line

Peanut butter and pumpkin spice spread on whole grain toast

The name Benjamin- soon to belong to the little guy inside of me

Baby kicks tickling my belly

The anticipation of what September, my favorite month, will bring

Knowing that today is the first of a three-day weekend

Dinner and an outdoor fire with friends this evening

I hope your Saturday is full of sweet things:)

xoxo